Order 70. Sapotacece. \7\ 



axillary, clustered without bracts, calyx lobes 4 to 8 much 

 imbricated, or in 2 series ; corolla with as many lobes or 2 or 4 

 times as many, stamens on the corolla tube, filaments short, 

 fruit indehiscent 1 to 8-seeded, with calyx attached. 



Chiefly a tropical order : most of the species are milky and have 

 edible fruits. 



1. SIDEROXYLON. Lobes of calyx and corolla 5, imbricated, 

 stamens 5, attached to the base of the corolla, berry fleshy. 



2. BASSIA. Calyx segments 4 in 2 series, corolla bell- 

 shaped, lobes 6 to 12, stamens 12 to 40, anthers with con- 

 nective. 



3. MIMUSOPS. Calyx segments 6 to 8 in 2 series, corolla 

 lobes 18 to 24 in 2 or 3 series, stamens 6 to 8 with as many 

 staminodes. 



1. SIDEROXYLON. Iron-wood. (See also Mesua.) 



S. tomentosum (Sapota t. D.). A stiff branched thorny 

 tree of no beauty, most parts hairy, leaves small oval, dull 

 grey, flowers dingy- white, fruit oval, size of a plum, full of 

 milk, seeds large dark, about 3. Kumbel, Kdula Kumli. 



Very common at Matheran, and on the Ghauts generally. The 

 thorns are not unfrequently absent. 



2. BASSIA. 



1. B. latifolia. A large handsome tree all full of milk 

 and in most parts densely hairy, leaves large, oval to roundish 

 obovate, flowers white fleshy, corolla cup-shaped, filaments 

 none, style long, berry oblong, smooth, size of a small apple 

 with calyx attached. Mowa, mowra. 



Most abundant in the jungles of Guzerat, less so in the Konkan. 

 Throughout Central India (#.). 



This is a most useful tree, the wood being hard and durable, the 

 flowers edible, though they have a most disagreeable mousy smell ; 

 when dried they produce the mowra spirit : the fruit is also eatable 

 and is used in making bangles. The oil produced from the seeds is 

 called dhulia, and from it bassic or stearic acid is obtained. 



* 2. 5. longifolia. Leaves lanceolate, narrowed at both 

 ends, smooth, flowers whitish in dense clusters near the ends 

 of the branches, corolla lobes and stamens generally fewer than 



